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- ↑ "JOHNNY WASHINGTON". NLBPA.com. Negro League Baseball Players' Association. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ↑ "T-Z 2018-04" (PDF). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. p. 396. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
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